Inspiring Ride 2

This is video number two.  Stacy Westfall is a Christian woman, homeschooling mother, and partner in a horse training business with her husband.  In this video, she is the first person to ever compete in reining while riding bareback and bridleless.  It is amazing!  I'd love to do this someday (perhaps not in front of a big crowd, though).

Inspiring Ride 1

In my pursuit of horse information and such, I have come across several videos of horses and their riders doing various things.  Two, however, stand out to me as excellent examples of the amazing things a human can achieve with a horse.  The above video is one of them. 

I'd love to be able to ride a horse like Moorlands Totilas with the skill and precision displayed by Edward Gal.  Maybe someday I will gain the knowledge to do so.  In the meantime, I can enjoy just watching performances such as this one.

Tomorrow I'll post the other video, which I actually think is better and more inspiring.  I know that few (if any) of my readers will be as interested in this as I am, but I did want to share, anyway. :)

Happy Independence Day!

How did you spend yours?

We had friends over this morning to ride horses.  They arrived at about 8:30 and stayed until almost noon.  I had a great time supervising rides for the children and watching the adults ride, as well.  Pegasus was the noble steed of the day, and he thoroughly enjoyed his job.  He has learned that he likes to give rides.

Then I settled down on the couch with a new book to read.  Daddy took a long nap, and Momma and Annie were busy in other parts of the house.  It was quiet and peaceful, and I especially enjoyed having my sweet doggy snoring at my feet.

Momma and I ventured out into the jungle (otherwise known as the watermelon patch), and I hunted for ripe melons.  The rewards for our labors were two huge Ali Baba watermelons, two little Golden Midget watermelons, and a French Charentais cantaloupe.  We brought them all inside and immediately sliced one of the big melons up for supper.  It was delicious!  We fed the melon rinds to the horses, who expressed slobbery delight over their treat.

After supper, we were seated in the living room talking when we were charmed to hear the clear call of the bobwhite.  We had never heard this bird on our property before, so we all enjoyed the experience.

Now we are preparing for bed so that we can play a game together this evening.  The game we will play has not been decided upon yet, but we are discussing Mexican Train dominoes, Hearts, Spades, or Pictionary.